The Great Auk, or Garefowl (Alca impennis, LINN.); its History, Archaeology, and Remains
- Publisher : Thomas C. Jack
- Published In : London
- Illustrations : b/w frontis, 2 col + 2 b/w plates, folding col map, text figs
Description:
First edition. Includes a 58-page Appendix Recapitulation of the Various Investigations Concerning the Distribution of he Garefowl by J. Steenstrup. The folding colour map shows the supposed distribution of the Great Auk.
Freeman, 1467.
Condition
4to, orig. cloth, minor rubbing to extremities, paper title-piece to spine; endpapers browned. Some foxing. Short closed tear to inner edge of folding map. A very good copy. From the library of Michael Bryant, Hampshire ornithologist, with his book plate.